Chicago at Wisconsin

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 22, 1905, page 1

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  .ECKERsALL ALONE BEATS BADGERS Chicago’s Wizard Quarterback Wins with Drop Kick and Holds Wisconsin Safe. .ame is the story of the struggle in me Of the most dramatic, most Titanic md sensational games ever played on Camp Randall gridiron. 1t was Ecker sail who made practically all of Chi lagos gains. It was Eckersall here The greatest human mechanism in west ern athletics saved the team again at ] time wher defeat stared the maroons in the face. Eckersall defeated Wis consin in 1903 on this same field with three drop kicks. The. score was Is to 6. Last year his long run for a touchdown from the kickoff thru the entire Wisconsin team gave Chicago a hold on the game at Marshall field. All Madison, all Wisconsin,, mourns that one drop. kick. Phil King s men had the upper hand of at after twenty minutes of play in the first half. They were hopeful of a touchdown, and they gained enough ground In straight foot ball to land the victory. But Eckersall and fate were pitted against them. Fate had her share in deciding the struggle. EckersalI did the work. It was great game. There were enough dramatic features and climaxes for a dozen championship struggles. Chicago Strong First. Chicago threatened to score early in the game. Wisconsin held and turned the tables. Finally Chicago turned and Jumped to the front after “Eckie IS goal from the field. After that Wis consin had only bare look-in In the fight. In the crowd it was estimated that there were about 10000 persons, one Of cred at Camp Randall. Nearly every seat was taken, and the standing-room was three deep about the field, where there were no bleachers. One thousand witnessed the game from an elevation two blocks from Camp Randall, called / Poverty HILL The enthusiasm Of the rooters on the hill knew no bounds, and | thruout the game the shouts of Rah! Rah! Rah! Wisconsin” came from there. | just before the teams went on the field Coach Stage made protest i against the use Of heavy leather headgear which Captain Vanderboom had to protect his broken jaw. After some discussion the badger captain SUBJ stituted for the protested guard less Stages protest and had provided him self with two headgears. For the first twenty minutes of play the ball was kept in Wisconsin Is terri / tory, Eckersall’s punting and the bad / gers fumbling gave the maroens an OPP portunity to make quick dash for the cardinal goal, but the wet field slowed up the maroon backs and the cardinal line was like wall. i Eckie Kicks Often johnson and Deering, on the right side Of the badger line, were targets for the attack of Eckersall. Boone and Bezdek were able to get thru for gains of yard or So. but the ball moved along slowly and Inconsistency and Eckersal was forced to boot the ball . often. e$ sa Three times the maroon quarterback , got away. on trick plays and the badgran to the 6-yard line eluding all but | Findlay. From this point, however, l Stage e men were unable to Advance = the ball as much as an inch, the badger front being gnpierceable. Sickle – tried his dropkick at thi sstage but the oval was SO slippery and the foot \ ing. so infrm. accuracy was question Of luck to large degree. a combination St Of the the p sTopn pla2, with an added feature of the “Whoa- : Back The interference split and the z quickly drawn in. Eekers a cam came out !, Of the thick of the fray and ran to s the 20.yard line. Here again the badge er front stifened and the maroons l. could not advance tho pigskin. Anothe er dropkick by Eckersall went wide d Of its mark. The third try by Ecker sail was also failure. Badgers Near Goal. A fumbled punt. gave Wisconsin Z MIR OF h< badgers took advantage Of it and with N renewed efforts quality put. it within Re striking distance of the maroon goal re due to the clever work of Vanderboom he Roseth and Fndlay. Chicago, how eyer made detergained stand. ane by Melzner kept the badgers from get 81 81 ting inside the 1O-yard line. Of Melzner, at this point, attempted nd dropkick but Hill blocked it and tn, ball was momentarily punte dout O. ball was momentarily punted out 20 danger by EckersaI. From the mid va seended upon the maroon goal. At tn lis stop, and “Eckieo sent the ball on of danger. The Wisconsin backs cam back strong but fine was called be fore they could get within striking Oh distance again. nd , Eeke e,. dlreopaisek S came ,afts = CuT06 previous dGUe1npLS. Inc Dali ma been worked down from the center O :, the field to within striking distanc , 70. after long run Of thirty yards b the little quarterback. The badger held on their 13-yard line and Ecker sail dropped back to the 20-yard mari DOL After rubbing his hands with resin b of gave the signal and the ball shot bacl mes The maroon rooters broke loose pandemonium and the cardinal ban played the Wisconsin “Alma Mater mi, as the kick was successfully made. Til on. yelling was deafening. see-saw Battle. =, Roseth made one yard and Findla , STn one more. Wisconsin was forced It’ll. punt. Bush kicked thirty yards Bezdek. Eckersall uunted fifty yart to Melzner. Findlay failed to gal Bush punted to Chicago’s 25-yard lin the EckersaH pnnted fifty yards and ter. Tray downed Findlay in his tracks. ter Vanderboom gained / o. yards al ere. Bezdek tackled Findlay lor 3-yal Ter ths loss. Chicago was penaliZed fftes yards for Boone holding in the line Vanderboom made one yard, Bertl two, Roseth three more. Vanderboo 4 made four on a cross buck, Rose ggy failed and Vanderboom again ma, yes. two. Roseth made three yards and thu to failed. Eekersall punted ffty-fve yari Vanderboom made three yards. Blu | Y,IIntad IN Rezdak who was downed

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  The Cairo bulletin, Cairo, Ill., October 22, 1905, page 1

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  CHICAGO DOWNS BADGER ELEVEN Eckersall, The Hero Of Hard Fought Battle on the GridirOn STRUGGLE WAS FIERCE WITH THE WISCONSIN ELEVEN ECkERSALL ONLY SUCCEED. ED IN DROP-klcKING GOAL AFTER THREE TRIALS. 9 Madison. Wis. Oct. 2l.-Walter Eek { ersall Chicagos quarter back today ! l,r the third time brought victory 10, G the University of Chicago foot ball with the ball within scoring distance of Wisconsin’s goal line he tried 10 drop-kick goal. The third trial was successful, the bali sailing squarely between the goal posts and plac ng four points TO the credit Of the maroon team. This was all the scoring done by either team. Three times the Wisconsin team had the bali within twenty yards Of Chi Cages goal line once II rested on the ten yard line. But with defeat star ing them in the face Chicagos line men dug their feet deep in the soft ground and threw back Wisconsin, s back. Twice Chicago had the ball within ten yards of Wisconsin’s goal line. The first time Wisconsin not on ly held Chicago. but actually forced a loss of two yards in two downs, and Eckersall tried a dFop-kick, which went wide. In the second hef however, when again Wiseonsin’s eleven had hurled back tine Maroons, Ectersal dropped back received the ball on a perfect pass by Gale and away it sailed through goal posts. carrying with 1t all hopes of Wisconsin for the western champion, hip this year The work Of the Maroons center led around the little lodging quarter back iais clever work in running back punts soon taught Wisconsin 10 keep the ball away from him as much as possible when Wisconsin was forced to punt, bul on the offense Eckersalls work stood out. Two pectacular runs, on trick plays, one of them for 32 yeards brought the enornous crowds TO their feet cheering madly II WAS this run for 32 yeards n fact that made il possible for the drop-kick that followed Immediately | after Chicago got the ball in the middle OF | the field fer holding. The only time Wisconsin was penalized in the game with the exception of five yards on the first kickoff for the side play Bez dck made one plunge for three yards Then his bucking failed. Eckersall dropped back Tor punt Big Wander. boom tore through and block I’d the kick, but EckersaIl fell on the bali. Then one Of the Maroon trick plays was used. a double pass very close The Wisconsin ends were drawn in and before Eckersail was buried unde- The pile of Cardinals players he had skirte1 Wisconsin’s left end for thirty .wo yards. Again Chicago tried for = touchdown. Chicago made first down once, then Wisconsin held Another louble pass ~ Eckcrsall. and the ball vas on Wisconsin’s fifteen yards line Cattlin got through the left tackle or five yards. Bczdek chopped of NO yards more Eckersall tried ami 3erike threw him hack for loss OF ii hree yards. Then. with the ball al. = most in the center of the gridirun anI : within thirteen yards Of Wiscl lnsin’ ‘s 4 soal Ecker all dropped back f-r his b h ri trial al a drop kick and then he q Wisconsin tried hard TO make a O ouchdoWn following this and fairly d ore the Chicago line to pi ccs for a n ew minutes. marching down the field s o within twenty yeards Of Chicago’s oaL But here the ball went over on q be downs with easy two or three y inches to spare. but with this vanished i Niscansin’s last hope III The struggle was probably one of b he fercest ever seen on western p ridirOn. Il was football clean and 4 ard each man playing to the last RI gnce o, Fully ten thousand people Witnessed be game c The scerc: Chicago University. 9. Wisconsin. a. Results of Other Games. south Bend-Notre Dame q. Wa 81. ash s l New Yorh Columbia IT, Anherst . B. i. Appleton Wis-1swreBee -. Beloi5 :, New Havsn-Yale y. Pennsylvania n Ann Michigan %. Nebrsska =, Chicago Northwestern o. Kentucky Annapolis Naval ss North Carona Champaign illinois o. Purdue % “a West Point Harvard 6. West Point Ia Dss Moines -Grinnel 3. Drake & eli Winnesls.lfs WinneSare 20 Iowa . r-f

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 22, 1905, page 17

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  ECKERSALL THE STAR. Chicago’s Fast Quarterback RESPONSE bic for Wisconsin’s Defeat. Madison, Wis, Oct. 21-Walter Ecker sail, Chicago’s star quarterback, was instrumental in the defeat of the Uni versity of Wisconsin by the University Of Chicago here today by a score of 4 to 0. In addition to making the only points OF the game on a pretty drop kick from the field, Eckersall made all the big gains for the nnaroons, carry ing the ball out of Chicago’s territory a number of times. On straight football wisconsin had the better of it, gaining through the line all through the game Chicago’s points were scored near the close of the second half, Eckersal drop ping a goal from the 20 yard line after two unsuccessful earlier in the game.

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  Arizona republican, October 22, 1905, page 1

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  WORK OF A QUARTERBACK. Madison. Wis, Oct 21-Walter Eek ersaI, Chicago’s quarterback, today for the third time brought victory for the University of Chicago football eleven over Wisconsin by Q score of 4 to 0.

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Wisconsin leads 19–⁠16–⁠5 in 40 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.